Sunday, March 23, 2014

The Aesthete's Alphabet - K is for Knitting

It has been a cool and rainy day here in Cape Town and I'm settling down to put this post together after a long lunch with some of our favourite friends and a few too many glasses of wine. The dishes have been washed, the house is tidy and I am sitting on the sofa under a blanket feeling very relaxed, but also very lazy and can't really think of a whole lot to say about knitting, other than as much as I love hand knitted blankets, scarves and so on, I am far too impatient to ever take it up myself, so I will have to content myself by admiring other people's beautiful handiwork. (Whew....that was a really long sentence! Clearly wine doesn't improve my prose.)

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Wishing you all a lovely week. We go away on holiday on Friday so the "L" post might only happen when we get back. I'm nearly half-way with my alphabet and haven't yet run out of ideas, but I'm sure that the Q, X, Y and Z are going to be tricky. If you have any fabulous ideas, send them my way please.

Sharon,It sounds like a fun Sunday! Wouldn't it be great to be able to knit your own throw for the sofa and bed? I know how to do basic knitting but it's not something I love to do. Great post.xo,Karen

Sharon, I have a lovely picture of you in my mind, curled up in the chair and chilled out. Sounds like you had a lovely day. I love all the chunky knitted throws too, but I am not too good at knitting, I tend to loose concentration and drop or add stitches. Ah well, I can drool over your lovely pictures and imagine.Good luck with the rest of the alphabet, perhaps x could be part of an equation? Love Linda x

Oooh, these pictures are just divine! I am feeling more relaxed by the second! Having a lovely browse of your blog - it's absolutely beautiful. Will be signing up to follow by email, and Pinterest - am aware that I am sounding like a stalker!! ;-)

I started knitting again for the first time since years ago when my Grandmama taught me. I don't remember it being so relaxing! Of course, I was a young girl when I learned and relaxing wasn't in my vocabulary ;)

Dear Sharonwhat a beautiful blog you have! So many inspiring details ... wonderful. Funny enough you're preparing for winter we can't wait for spring!Have a wonderful timeall the best from AustriaElisabeth

About Me

I am married with four sons. We live in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa. Interior decorating and design has been my passion for as long as I can remember. I am also an incurable Francophile, enjoy good food and fine wine (actually any wine is fine with me) and generally living well.